Data in Society (eBook)

Challenging Statistics in an Age of Globalisation

Jeff Evans, Sally Ruane, HUMPHREY SOUTHALL (Herausgeber)

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2019
414 Seiten
Policy Press (Verlag)
978-1-4473-4824-5 (ISBN)

Infos

Statistical data and evidence-based claims are increasingly central to our everyday lives. Critically examining 'Big Data', this book charts the recent explosion in sources of data, including those precipitated by global developments and technological change. It sets out changes and controversies related to data harvesting and construction, dissemination and data analytics by a range of private, governmental and social organisations in multiple settings. Analysing the power of data to shape political debate, the presentation of ideas to us by the media, and issues surrounding data ownership and access, the authors suggest how data can be used to uncover injustices and to advance social progress.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 21.8.2019
• Co-Autor: Christina Beatty, Roy Carr-Hill, Richard Cookson, Alessio D'Angelo, Nour Dados, Christopher Deeming, Tim Doran, Neil Duncan-Jordan, Steve Fothergill, Ruth Gilbert, Jay Ginn, Paul Bivand, Harvey Goldstein, James Goodman, Jonathan Gray, Gary Hearne, Spencer Hedger, Ron Johnston, Eleonore Kofman, Stewart Lansley, Kevin McConway, Richard Murphy, Brad K Blitz, James Nicholson, David Rhind, Jim Ridgway, Ifan Shepherd, Prem Sikka, Ludi Simpson, Amy Sippitt, Luke Sloan, Sinclair Sutherland, Adrian Tear, Kate Bloor, David Walker, Malcolm Williams, Keiko Yasukawa, Rebecca Boden, Liliana Bounegru, Charlotte Brookfield, David Byrne
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Informatik ► Datenbanken
• Themenwelt: Informatik ► Netzwerke ► Sicherheit / Firewall
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Empirische Sozialforschung
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Ökonometrie
• ISBN-10: 1-4473-4824-9 / 1447348249
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4473-4824-5 / 9781447348245